WARNING: If you don't wish to read these with an open mind, and accept that yes, they are songfics and that the characters will be OOC at some point just because I'm trying to follow the lyrics, these are not for you! Ditto if you don't like songfics!

That said, this is what happens when you're looking forward to hanging out with a friend and they ditch on you. After you've cleaned your apartment, organized your laundry, and done all the dishes, of course. So between that and the type of music I listen too, there won't be a lot of happy endings. I think only maybe half. Most seem to be break-up songs. DO NOT READ IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LOTS OF FLUFF!

Now, for the AN for this part specifically. Part 4 goes between 2 and 3, and all are part of the same AU-verse.

Gone- Montgomery Gentry

"You should go get her back. You love her, she loves you... What's there to think of?" Andrew was annoyed with his friend's stubbornness. The two were the perfect couple. They could get over this.

"It's no use, man. We didn't just go close enough to the edge to make a reconciliation painful. We went over. Far over. Like Loony Toons running on air over. She's gone." Darien gave him a lopsided grin, and his friend couldn't believe it.

"How are you smiling? If she really is..." He didn't want to say it. That would make it real.

"Because it was both of our decision. Because it could never be good again after what happened. Because. She. Is. Gone. There's no use beating myself up over it. It's happened. That's it. Done. Finished. Bye Bye. Gone."

All Star-Smash Mouth

"You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, you know that? What's up with you? Are you trying to destroy yourself? You could have had everything. Instead, you're..."

She was cut off with a quick kiss, which made her splutter. "I'm me. I wasn't that before. If I want to shine, I've got to glow first. I won't ever regret living life in a way that makes me happy. A way that makes me me. You won't understand that, since you don't want change. I was sick of how things were. Even if you don't like me now, I like me."

She considered his words, though she didn't want to. She did know what he was saying, though she tried to deny it. So when he pulled out a few days later, she was sitting next to him.

That Don't Impress Me Much-Shania Twain

"I don't get it, girl. You followed him? What does he have to give you? You could have had Diamond..."

"Who spends more time with his mirror than me." Serena interrupted her best friend. They were on the phone, and she was currently hours from home, with only her not-ex-anymore-I-guess boyfriend.

"Melvin..."

"Who spends dates yammering about his classes even though I don't care!"

"Seiya..."

"Loves the car more than me."

"Okay, fine. But still, why him?

"Because he's the type of guy that'll keep me warm at night and make me happy. He makes me love him rather than expects me too."

Oh woe is me- Joan Jett

Serena sat in her room, looking at the posters of her idols and pictures of her friends and occasional dates. She kept thinking about what Darien had told her.

Suddenly she saw the walls she was hiding behind, and didn't know if she should cry or laugh. She'd thought Darien had run off with Lita, but now she saw that both had just been supporting each other in their bids for freedom. Now, did she have the courage to follow them...

Wake Up-Alanis Morissette

"You're such a prissy guy, you know that? Nothing's ever good enough for you, is it? Well, I'm sick of your shit. You hear me? Sick. Of. It." Darien widened his eyes at his girlfriend, who currently looked like an angry cat, all hissing and claws.

"Everything you are is a facade! I don't even know who you are! You don't actually seem to like anything you say you do! What does that say about me, hmm?"

"Serena, I..." He trailed off, not sure what he was saying. What could he say?

"I'm sick of it. You won't wake up, and I won't live in your dream. I've already grabbed my stuff. Here's your spare key."

He stared after he as she left, not totally sure what had just happened. Those sorts of things just didn't happen to him, after all. He was Darien Sheilds, not some random loser.

Don't Waste My Time-Alex J. Robinson

"Flirting with a new girl again? What's up with that, Darien?"

"Don't be like that, Sere. I'm just being friendly. It's nothing." He flagged down the bartender, getting new drinks for both of them.

"If it was nothing, you'd be able to look at me." She didn't wait for the drink, just headed out. She wasn't feeling up to his games that night.

He never came to apologize, and she simmered for days. Finally she went to find him. "I'm not willing to waste more time on you. I'm not the kind of girl that will let you do this. You should know this. WE shouldn't waste more of our time."